Chapter 2228: Sister-in-Law (10)
Jiaojiao hurriedly ran up and stood between the two of them.
Seeing Jiaojiao suddenly appear in front of them, the two of them paused, and Lu Zishu’s outstretched hand couldn’t retract in time. Duan Xi was afraid of hurting Jiaojiao, and could only turn quickly with her in his arms, letting that punch land on his back.
Lu Zishu was in a fit of rage, and this punch contained almost all his strength.
Even Duan Xi couldn’t help but let out a muffled grunt.
Jiaojiao heard the muffled grunt and felt a stab of heartache. Almost without thinking, she turned in his arms and angrily shouted at the regretful Lu Zishu, who had just thrown the punch, "Lu Zishu, have you lost your mind?! What right do you have to hit someone!"
Lu Zishu actually hadn’t intended to really hit Duan Xi. He just wanted to vent his emotions; after all, his mother was hospitalized due to Duan Xi’s provocation. He knew Duan Xi’s skills and his punch wouldn’t touch him, but he didn’t expect Jiaojiao to suddenly dash out.
He already regretted it, but upon hearing Jiaojiao’s questioning, he couldn’t help but flare up again, shouting back, "Why? Because he’s ungrateful! I pleaded with him, and he knew my mother’s condition, yet why did he have to provoke her!"
Jiaojiao had already learned from Shu Jiao about Zhao Li’s hospitalization process, and she had just made her stance clear with Shu Jiao. She coldly replied, "I don’t think Xi-ge did anything wrong. I’m his fiancée, and I’m just siblings with Zhen-ge, never a couple. That name won’t ever be carved; I’ll only be Xi-ge’s wife!"
Regarding the name-carving issue, Jiaojiao had never actually expressed her stance.
Lu Zishu also knew that the name couldn’t be carved and would do his best to stop his mom. However, in his view, stopping her and Jiaojiao’s cold, merciless declaration were completely different concepts.
He looked at Jiaojiao in disbelief.
As if it was the first day he truly knew her.
"Jiaojiao, are you serious about this?" he asked.
Jiaojiao clenched her fists: "Yes."
"Fine, fine, fine!" Lu Zishu said "fine" three times in a row, finally sneering, "Very good! Jiaojiao, how did I not realize you were so ruthless before! You really hid it well!"
Jiaojiao’s fingertips were trembling from Lu Zishu’s accusations.
"Jiaojiao, my mom’s kindness to you all these years was really wasted on you! No, even a dog, damn it, would wag its tail for mercy..."
"Slap!"
Jiaojiao trembled all over and then slapped Lu Zishu across the face.
Lu Zishu’s voice stopped abruptly.
He looked at Jiaojiao, then at Duan Xi, and laughed sarcastically, "Hahaha, very good, you’ve returned the punch, from now on there’s no need for the Lu and Ruan families to continue this bond, let’s just leave it at that, you walk your own plank bridge, we’ll walk our own sunny path... Ah!"
Before finishing his harsh words, someone kicked him from behind, and a voice cursed from behind him, "Since when does the Lu Family take orders from you?! You talk about walking your own plank bridge and us walking our sunny path, why don’t you just fly to the sky!"
Everyone turned towards the familiar voice and saw Zhao Li, who should have been unconscious in the hospital bed, standing behind Lu Zishu, kicking him in the back of the knee.